Match-box.



No. 754,091. PATENTED MAIL'B, 1904. P. P. QUINN}: G. SOYLIAN.

MATCH BOX. APPLIUATION FILED JUNE 1, 1903.

no MODEL.

WITNESSES:

Minions.- Patric Z Quinn rye Joylian.

ATTORNEYS I UNITED STATES;

Patented March 8, 1904;

PATENT QFFICE.

PATRICK F. QUINN AND GEORGE SOYLIAN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y. I

. MATCH-BOX SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 754,091,dated March 8, 1904.

Application filed June 1, 1903. Serial No. 159,507. (No model.),

Match-Boxes, of which the following is a specification, such as willenable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same.

I The object of this invention is to provide an improved match box fromwhich a single match may be taken whenever desired and which is alsoprovided with a cigar-cutter and a bell or gong which is operated eachtime that a match is removed therefrom, a further object being toprovide a match-box of novel construction which may also serve as anadvertising medium; and with these and other objects in view theinvention consists in a match box constructed as hereinafter describedand claimed.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, ofwhich the accompanying drawings form a part, in which the separate partsof our improvement are designated by suitablereference characters ineach of the views, and in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of ourimproved match-box; Fig. 2, a vertical section on the line 2 2 of Fig.1, and Fig. 3 a vertical section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1.

In the practice of our invention we provide a box a, which is preferablyrectangular in horizontal section and the top of which is preferablyslightly higher than the front thereof and the front of which isprovided at each side with an extension a whereby vertical side chambers60 are formed at the front and at each side of the box a, said chambersa being separated from the main interior of the box a by verticalpartition-walls a WVithin the top portion of the box a is a downwardlyand forwardly inclined partition b, above which is a match-receptacle 0,the rear portion of which is preferably composed of a hinged door 0 andthe partition 6 is provided at the front edge thereof with a downwardlyand vertically arranged member 6 between which and the front wall a ofthe box is a slide-plate d. The verticallyarranged partition-walls a aresecured to the front wall a v of the box and do not extend to the bottomof the box, and the slide d is free to move vertically between thesepartition-walls. The slide (Z is also provided at the bottom edgethereof with lateral projections 03 and 61F, to each of which is secureda vertically-arranged spring d, the upper ends of which are secured at dto the top portion of the front wall a of the box a, and when said slideis depressed, as v hereinafter described, the springs d return it to itsnormal position, which is that shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

One of the lateral projections d of the slide 61 is provided with anupwardly-directed cigarcutter 6, provided at its upper end with aconcavecutting edge 0 and the front wall a of the box a is provided with anopening a through which the tip of the cigar may be inserted, and thenormal position of the cutting edge e of the cutter e is above theopening a.

The front wall a of the box a is provided. with a transverse slot oropening f, through which a match is adapted to pass and below which ispreferably secured a shelf 9, and the upper edge of the slide d isinclined backwardly and downwardly, as shown at h in Fig. 2.

Pivoted to the inner side of the front Wall a of the box and preferablybelow the cutter e is a lever i, to which is pivoted at i a link i whichis pivotally connected with the slide cl at c, and pivotally connectedwith the free end of the lever t' is a rod j, which passes up throughthe top of the box a, as shown at 7' and is movable verticallytherethrough, and this rod is provided at its upper end with a knob orhandle f and by means of the rod j the lever 2' and slide 05 may bedepressed whenever desired.

It will be observed that the cutter e is of the rod j the bell or gongis will be sound-' ed, as will be readily understood.

In Fig. 2 of the drawings we have shown at m anumber of matches placedin the receptacle c, and when the slide (Z is raised by the springs cZ*one of said matches will be carried up to the slot f and will roll outtherethrough onto the shelf g, from which it may be removed and ignitedby striking it on the top or cover of the box, which is provided with aserrated surface a. When the slide 0? is depressed, the cutter e is alsodepressed and the tip of a cigar may be inserted through the opening a",and when the slide (Z rises the cutter 6 also rises, and the tip of, thecigar will be out OK and will fall into the bottom of the box, as willbe readily understood.

An opening or door may be made in the back of the box for removing thecigar-tips therefrom, and our invention is not limited to the exact formof the box to herein shown and described nor to the exact details of theoperative parts therein, and various modifications thereof may be madewithout departing from the spirit of our invention or sacrificing itsadvantages.

' Itwill be apparent that various advertisements may be stamped on thebox or other wise placed thereon, and our improved matchbox may thus bemade to serve as a practical advertising device.

Having fully described our invention, what we claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A match-box having vertical side extensions at the front thereofforming verticallyarranged chambers, amatch-receptacle in the topthereof the bottom of which is inclined downwardly and forwardly, thefront wall of the receptacle being also provided with a transverse slotor opening, a vertically-movable slide mounted adjacent to the front ofthe wall of the box and normally held above the bottom of thematch-receptacle, springs located in said chambers for holding the slidein its normal position, a lever for depressing said slide, and means foroperating said lever, substantially as shown and described.

2. A match-box having vertical side extensions at the front thereofforming verticallyarranged chambers, a match-receptacle in the topthereof the bottom of which is inclined downwardly and forwardly, thefront wall of the receptacle being also provided with a transverse slotor opening, a vertically-movable slide mounted adjacent to the front ofthe wall of the box and normally held above the bottom of thematch-receptacle, springs located in said chambers for holding the slidein its normal position, a lever for depressing said slide, and means foroperating said lever, said slide being also provided with a cigarcutterlocated in one of the said chambers, and the front of the box with anopening through which the top of a cigar may be inserted, substantiallyas shown and described.

3, A match-box having vertical side extensions at the front thereofforming verticallyarranged chambers, a match-receptacle in the topthereof the bottom of which is inclined downwardly and forwardly, thefront wall of the receptacle being also provided with a transverse slotor opening, a verticallymovable slide mounted adjacent to the front ofthe wall of the box and normally held above the bottom of thematch-receptacle, springs located in said chambers for holding the slidein its normal position, a lever for depressing said slide, and means foroperating said lever, said slide being also provided with a'cigarcutterlocated in one of the said chambers, and the front of the box with anopening through which the top of a cigar may be inserted, and the boxbeing also provided with a hell or gong which is arranged to be operatedwhen the lever is operated, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our invention we have signedour names, in presence of the subscribing witnesses,this 28th day ofMay, 1903.

PATRICK F. QUINN.

. GEORGE SOYLIAN.

Witnesses:

F. A. STEWART, C. E. MULREANY.

